PNCA News

Pacific Northwest College of Art welcomed environmental writer Kathleen Dean Moore as the speaker for the 2009 Edelman Lecture on March 10 in the Swigert Commons.

Moore’s timely and compelling lecture explored the question: “The search for a new worldview will be — it must be — the greatest exercise of the human imagination the world has ever seen. What is (and what is not) the work of the artist in this time and this place?”

Pacific Northwest College of Art alumnus Alex Felton ’05 is one of six Northwest artists who made the short list for the Henry Art Gallery’s The Brink, a new award for emerging artists in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.

Visit the “Seattle Art Blog”:http://www.seattleartblog.com/home/Henry-announces-short-list-for-The-Brink-Award.html for more information.

President Tom Manley recently discussed the creative grid with Portland Architecture blogger Brian Libby for the Designs on Portland series.

Libby interviewed President Manley and engaged audience questions, comments and ideas on the creative grid between fine art, design and craft. Read Libby’s blog, “Portland Architecture”:http://www.portlandarchitecture.com/, for a review of this engaging talk.

President Manley discussed PNCA’s present and future ambitions such as the integration of the Museum of Contemporary Craft and PNCA’s joint MFA in Applied Craft and Design with Oregon College of Art and Craft. Using a creative grid model, President Manley contextualized Portland as a global creative capital.

Libby is a Portland blogger and freelance writer focusing on many topics including visual arts, architecture and business. Libby’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, , _The Oregonian, Metropolitan Home, Salon, Metropolis, Dwell, and Portland Monthly among others.

Designs on Portland was hosted by the Portland location of “Design Within Reach”:http://www.dwr.com/category/find-a-studio/portland.do.

Pacific Northwest College of Art proudly displays the final products from this spring’s Continuing Education Youth Classes. The young artists studied such courses as sculpture, drawing, painting, printmaking and digital video.

The mission of youth classes is to provide artistic skill building and exploration for students, ages 4-18. Courses offer a wide variety of media and the curriculum aims to provide basic skill and vocabulary.

Program exhibits express the mission of PNCA’s youth program: student-centered learning, accuracy and discovery in making, effective problem solving and collaboration, perceptual sensitivity, imaginative expression, knowledge of historical and contemporary art and a celebration of creativity and diversity.

Alumnus Jake Hollomon ’08 facilitated the 55DSL audience competition. Last year, Hollomon won the 55DSL Logo Remix Challenge, part of the 2008 “Cut&Paste”:http://www.cutandpaste.com/ Competition. Hollomon’s design will be featured in 55DSL’s 2010 spring/summer 10.55 limited edition collection. He also wins a cash prize of 1,055 € (about $1,321). 55DSL is a spin-off brand of Diesel, originally inspired by radical sports, according to its Web site.

Pacific Northwest College of Art welcomes environmental writer Kathleen Dean Moore as the speaker for the 2009 Edelman Lecture, 6:30pm, March 10 in the Swigert Commons.

In her compelling book, The Pine Island Paradox, author Kathleen Dean Moore examines the work of artists during a pivotal point in human history. “Degradation of the land and the air has created a potentially catastrophic global emergency,” says Moore, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and University Writer Laureate, Oregon State University (OSU). “The search for a new worldview will be — it must be — the greatest exercise of the human imagination the world has ever seen. What is (and what is not) the work of the artist in this time and this place?”

Moore was chosen to deliver the Edelman Lecture for her examination of both the creative life within the context of environmentalism and the philosophical underpinnings of creativity. The Alfred Edelman Design Lectureship — founded in honor of former PNCA 3D Design instructor Alfred Edelman by his wife Carol Edelman — was created to enhance students’ understanding of the visual world by presenting unique ways to examine and manipulate 3D space, to consider subjects seemingly dissimilar to art, and to be a catalyst for lively discussions in the classrooms at PNCA.

An essayist, philosophy professor, activist, parent, and lover of all things green or flowing, Moore recently co-edited Rachel Carson: Legacy and Challenge, a collection of essays about Carson’s work as a writer, scientist, and activist, from SUNY Press. At OSU, she teaches environmental ethics, Native American philosophy, and a field course on the philosophy of nature. She is the author of two books: Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water (1995) and The Pine Island Paradox (2004). Moore’s work has been published in Orion, Audubon, Discover, The Sun, and the New York Times Magazine. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Orion Society and for the Island Institute in Sitka, Alaska.

Ruth Lantz uses paintings and drawings to address notions of infinity through the language of the sublime. She builds on prior perceptions of the infinite to challenge the viewer to question what is fact. Using images which reside in the realm of space photography, electromagnetic brain scans, and slide cultures, she creates an image full of phenomenal beauty and awe but with intellectual implications of vast emptiness and space. Exhibition runs through March 28.

“Cut&Paste”:http://www.cutandpaste.com/ will feature Portland’s 2D, 3D and Motion designers facing serious pressure to design with speed, skill, and style as partygoers watch their every move on giant projection screens and cheer them on.

Last year, Hollomon won the 55DSL Logo Remix Challenge, part of the 2008 Cut&Paste Competition. Hollomon’s design will be featured in 55DSL’s 2010 spring/summer 10.55 limited edition collection. He also wins a cash prize of 1,055 € (about $1,321). 55DSL is a spin-off brand of Diesel, originally inspired by radical sports, according to its Web site.